[violence] sexual violence

Pakistan: Women Rights & Ground Realities

An investigative report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) claims that one woman is raped every hour, while another is killed on the pretext of karokari.

UN: Preventing Wartime Rape from Becoming a Peacetime Reality

“If sexual violence is not fully addressed in ceasefires and peace processes, there will be no peace for women,” said former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland at a UN high-level meeting on peace negotiations in New York.

Égypte: Harcèlement sexuel : rompre le silence

En Égypte, le harcèlement sexuel est un phénomène extrêmement répandu mais dont on parle cependant très peu. Or, les choses semblent vouloir changer.

International: How did 100,000,000 women disappear?

Two researchers crunching population statistics have confirmed an unsettling reality. Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray noticed the ratio of women to men in developing regions and in some cultures is suspiciously below the norm.

European Union: Resolution Passed Combating Female Genital Mutilation

The European Parliament passed a resolution on March 24th, 2009, to fight female genital mutilation (FGM) in the EU.

International: UNDAW/DESA addressing violence against women

Expert Group Meeting on Good Practices in Legislation on Violence Against Women.

Bangladesh: University students' victory in sexual harassment case

The High Court gave a landmark judgment today in the first application of its Sexual Harassment Guidelines pronounced on 14 May.

Mauritanie: Les victimes de viol finissent en prison

Les femmes de Mauritanie qui portent plainte pour agression sexuelle s’exposent au risque d’être incarcérées en raison de lois mal définies et d’un phénomène de stigmatisation, qui font porter aux victimes la responsabilité du crime.

Mauritania: Rape victims seek justice but find jail

Women in Mauritania who press charges for sexual assault face the risk of jail time because of poorly defined laws and stigma that criminalise victims rather than offenders, according to a local UN-funded non-profit.

Mexico: Historic Femicide Trial Gets Underway

Marking the first time the Organization of American States’ court has heard a Mexican femicide case, the historic legal proceeding centers on the slayings of three young women who were found with five other female victims in Ciudad Juarez in 2001.